Monday, October 28, 2019

Yunnan Sourcing’s (Premium) Bao He Xiang Offerings


A year or two ago Scott added a bunch more Bao He Xiang factory puerh offerings at Yunnan Sourcing.  At that time they caught my eye for a few reasons.  First was the fact that these are all mainly unlabeled region and often unique blends that were Guangdong stored.  To me this sounded an awful lot like what white2tea is doing.  This was also at a time when the Yunnan Sourcing brand didn’t have all the different blends that it has this year.  To me it was a move that offered a challenge or different option to the stuff that white2tea was releasing- some good clean competition.

The second thing that Yunnan Sourcing is doing with these Bao He Xiang puerh is only stocking a few cakes in Yunnan Sourcing’s dry Kunming storage and reordering them as they go from Bao He Xiang’s clean medium humid Guangdong storage.  This means that Scott is basically letting the Guangdong storage, for which this tea was intended to be aged, impart its aging influence instead of exposing it to his drier Kunming storage.  I like this idea.  I also assume that the pricing and price rises of these order-as-you-go Bao He Xiang depends mainly on the price increases from Bao He Xiang.  I imagine this is similar to Yunnan Sourcing’s pricing of other premium offerings from Hai Lang Hao discussed in the last post.

In a list of recommendations for puerh with strong Qi and throat and mouthfeel, Scott listed many Bao He Xiang offerings and said they were all good.  They are his picks of Bao He Xiang afterall.  He told me that the price of these cakes is closely tied to quality.  I decided to go with some of the pricier/ premium Bao He Xiang that Yunnan Sourcing has on offer.  The next few reviews will feature these Bao He Xiang….

Peace

8 comments:

  1. Hi Matt,

    I was wondering if the "list of recommendations for puerh with strong Qi and throat and mouthfeel" you mention was something public, or from a private conversation you had with Scott. In all cases, if you were willing to share it. I was thinking of ordering some samples from YS, and you know this is exactly what I'm looking for.

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  2. David,

    Nice to hear from you as always.

    Yunnan Sourcing's extensive puerh catalogue is intimidating even for me, never mind someone new to puerh. I think its a smart idea to contact any Western vendor to help narrow things down.

    I first asked Scott to let me know his personal favorites or puerh he thinks is his best but he doesn't like to pick favorites amongst his babies... hahaha

    I pressed him further in an email and it was a rather lengthy list that Scott sent me. I picked some that looked interesting and other that weren't even on that list. I just looked back at the email..

    "regardless of producing year, region, price? I would say I value qi sensation and throat feeling the most?" I said to Scott.

    The list that he generated was pretty big.

    Peace

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  3. David,

    Scott may have modified his selection to my tastes a bit, maybe, because as I know he is a reader of this blog.

    Here you go...


    2018 Bao He Xiang "Wu Jin Hao" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Ai Lao Secret Garden" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2018 Hai Lang Hao "Cha Wang Shu" Ancient Arbor Yi Wu Raw Pu-erh Tea

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Long Tang Gu Shu" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Shan Mo" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2017 Bao He Xiang "Peach Cake" Raw Pu-erh Tea

    2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Nan Po Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Na Han Village" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2017 Yunnan Sourcing "He Tao Di Village" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Zhang Jia Wan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Da Qing Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Bing Dao Lao Zhai" Raw Pu-erh tea cake

    2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Han Gu Di" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Da Qing Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Huang Shan Gu Shu" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Zhuan" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh tea cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Mu Shu Cha" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2015 Yunnan Sourcing Wu Liang Mountain Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea cake


    2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Mi Bu" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Bing Dao Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing Qing Mei Shan Old Arbor Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing Bangbao Village Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Mu Shu Cha" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Ye Xin" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

    Peace

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    1. *this list was generated before the full 2019 production was released*

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  4. Many thanks for this. Qi sensations and throat feeling are my top criteria, with cleanliness I guess, but they often are linked. I will follow your upcoming reviews with great attention.

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    1. David,

      A bunch of these Yunnan Sourcing brand puerh are reviewed starting here:

      https://mattchasblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/

      Peace

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